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Why use this API?

The Reserve and Transact API initiates a purchase and fund reservation request to Clickatell. 

Note: This API is used when you require Clickatell to do the fund reservations prior to a purchase request. ​If you want to reserve funds yourself prior to sending Clickatell the purchase request, use the Transact API instead.


Important: 

This API will initiate a reserveFunds Request as discussed in the Bank Interfaces quick-start guide before dispensing the selected product. Therefore, the Bank Interfaces (that includes the reserveFunds request) and the Transact Result API need to be implemented with this API.


Participating parties
  • Buyer 
  • Clickatell
  • Client
  • Bank
  • Supplier
  • Recipient

For definitions of each, see here.


Getting started with the Reserve and Transact API

To interface with Clickatell, the following needs to be set up, configured and tested.


Step 1: Implement the Bank Interfaces APIs
  • Please follow the instructions in the Bank Interfaces quick-start guide

Step 2:
 Integrate with Security Service API
  • Follow the instructions in the Security Service API quick-start guide to request a token with your client_secret and client_id
  • Use the API_key and access_token in the following request (Step 3)

Step 3: Call Financial Terms Lookup API 
  • Follow the instructions in the Financial Terms Lookup API quick-start guide
  • Add the API_key and access_token to the request header
  • Use the client_id supplied during integration

Step 4: Call 
Reserve and Transact API (this API)
  • Add the API_key and access_token to the request header
  • Use the client_id supplied during integration

Notes

The following API calls are not discussed in this document as they form part of the respective API’s documentation as indicated below:


A high-level view of this interface is illustrated below:

 


For a list of all roles-players/stakeholders involved in the purchasing process, see here


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